Most scholars see this as the beginning of Judaism as an organised religion to this time. Before this point, the Jewish people are often referred to as Hebrews.

If the tides continue to turn against us, we must internalize that no universalist from outside the community is coming to ...

Starting with this clip, plan lessons that explore these teachings and stories in depth and detail, making sure they are presented as Jewish texts, not just as the ‘Christian Old Testament’.

History and Sukkot teach us that we are a resilient people and that by remaining united and by focusing our energies against ...

This case, about Shira Horowitz's teaching at South Area Solomon Schechter Day School in Stoughton, MA, explores the question, "How can I teach Torah to young children in a way that respects the ...

The Old Testament contains a record of the pact between ... by the circumcision (Genesis 17); the pact between God and the Jewish people, by the sprinkling of the people with the blood of animal ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha ... Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible. (San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1985). Noth, Martin. A History of Pentateuchal Traditions.

In this way, Judaism is portrayed as a precursor to Christianity, even using Christian terms like the Old Testament rather than indigenous ones like Torah or Tanakh. Reading through the curriculum ...

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to read the Torah, the sacred book of Moses and to expound upon it. And any reader of the New Testament knows that this is what Jesus did in the homeland, in the Galilee, entering the synagogues ...

Alarmed by abortion and transgender rights, Christian activists are invoking the Old Testament story of Esther, the Jewish orphan who bravely saved her people. By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham ...